Health: Screening
(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they provide to those under 40 years old about blood pressure and cholesterol tests.
This question was answered on 29th October 2018
Health care professionals can provide an individual assessment in relation to blood pressure and cholesterol for those under 40, where, for instance, there is a strong family history of premature cardiovascular disease or a suspicion of familial hypercholesterolaemia, an inherited form of high cholesterol where cholesterol is doubled or more from birth.